1997 NL Losses by Team

The Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies shared the lead of the NL in losses in 1997, with 94. The average across 14 NL teams is 80.3.

Led the NL in 1997 Chicago Cubs 162 games

94 Losses Tied with Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	G	L
1	Chicago Cubs	162	94
1	Philadelphia Phillies	162	94
3	St. Louis Cardinals	162	89
4	Cincinnati Reds	162	86
4	San Diego Padres	162	86
6	Montreal Expos	162	84
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	83
	NL average		80.3
8	Colorado Rockies	162	79
9	Houston Astros	162	78
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	74
10	New York Mets	162	74
12	San Francisco Giants	162	72
13	Florida Marlins	162	70
14	Atlanta Braves	162	61

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.